The Americans are proverbial for the smartness of their replies, which is borne out by tne following anecdote that has been related by the Tavanaki Herald :— A gentlemen residing in New Plymouth, having occasion togoon board one of the steamers that happened to be in the roadstead, got into conversation with an American there. The Yankee said to him, "That's a fine town of yours stranger part of them are down in grass.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 230, 5 February 1876, Page 16
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73Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 230, 5 February 1876, Page 16
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